With the cneuromod project, we had to develop a lot of infrastructure because the data was so big and complex. But instead of creating our own libraries (I am deeply averse to maintenance operations), we made a point to contribute to existing open-source, community-driven projects. 2/🧵
November 20, 2024 at 2:57 PM
With the cneuromod project, we had to develop a lot of infrastructure because the data was so big and complex. But instead of creating our own libraries (I am deeply averse to maintenance operations), we made a point to contribute to existing open-source, community-driven projects. 2/🧵
For 5+ years, the Courtois NeuroMod project has scanned six participants weekly using fMRI—making this the largest individual-subject fMRI dataset ever (and it's not even close). The CNeuroMod dataset provides a unique resource for long-term functional modeling of individual brains using AI. 2/🧵
April 1, 2025 at 2:56 PM
For 5+ years, the Courtois NeuroMod project has scanned six participants weekly using fMRI—making this the largest individual-subject fMRI dataset ever (and it's not even close). The CNeuroMod dataset provides a unique resource for long-term functional modeling of individual brains using AI. 2/🧵
CNeuroMod features roughly 30 datasets with different tasks. We worked with domain experts to design each task to maximize relevance to different communities. Example: we worked with @martinhebart.bsky.social to join things-initiative.org and create a dataset about half the size of NSD 7/🧵
THINGS Initiative
Large-scale behavioral and neuroscience data for object recognition and understanding.
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November 17, 2024 at 6:33 PM
CNeuroMod features roughly 30 datasets with different tasks. We worked with domain experts to design each task to maximize relevance to different communities. Example: we worked with @martinhebart.bsky.social to join things-initiative.org and create a dataset about half the size of NSD 7/🧵
🔓 Data for three participants is fully open (CC0 license):
👉 tinyurl.com/cneuromod-conp
Want to learn more? check out docs.cneuromod.ca End/🧵
👉 tinyurl.com/cneuromod-conp
Want to learn more? check out docs.cneuromod.ca End/🧵
CONP/PCNO
This portal is a web interface for the Canadian Open Neuroscience Platform (CONP) to facilitate open science in the neuroscience community. CONP simplifies global researcher access and sharing of data...
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April 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
🔓 Data for three participants is fully open (CC0 license):
👉 tinyurl.com/cneuromod-conp
Want to learn more? check out docs.cneuromod.ca End/🧵
👉 tinyurl.com/cneuromod-conp
Want to learn more? check out docs.cneuromod.ca End/🧵
the cneuromod-things is massive, but it's only 1 out of 30 datasets we created on the same subjects. This unprecedented scale came with a massive price tag: around 5M CAD. But the price per dataset is what fMRI costs. You may wonder why not fund 30 labs then? 8/🧵
November 17, 2024 at 6:36 PM
the cneuromod-things is massive, but it's only 1 out of 30 datasets we created on the same subjects. This unprecedented scale came with a massive price tag: around 5M CAD. But the price per dataset is what fMRI costs. You may wonder why not fund 30 labs then? 8/🧵
Abigail will also introduce you to a new cool fMRI and behavioural (www.nature.com/articles/s41...) dataset, fruit of our collaboration with @CNeuromod [Th morning at #SNL2023]
October 21, 2023 at 12:50 PM
Abigail will also introduce you to a new cool fMRI and behavioural (www.nature.com/articles/s41...) dataset, fruit of our collaboration with @CNeuromod [Th morning at #SNL2023]
In 2019, the CNeuroMod team and 6 participants began a massive data collection journey: twice-weekly MRI scans for most of 5 years. Data collection is now complete! 1/🧵
August 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
In 2019, the CNeuroMod team and 6 participants began a massive data collection journey: twice-weekly MRI scans for most of 5 years. Data collection is now complete! 1/🧵
There are multiple avenues to fund this type of 🧠 observatory- in this case it was the Courtois private foundation. CNeuroMod also worked with other similar initiatives, such as the individual brain charting project. This enabled both sharing of resources and replication. 10/🧵
November 17, 2024 at 6:59 PM
There are multiple avenues to fund this type of 🧠 observatory- in this case it was the Courtois private foundation. CNeuroMod also worked with other similar initiatives, such as the individual brain charting project. This enabled both sharing of resources and replication. 10/🧵
🎧 While pure tone audiometry is a cognitively demanding test — especially following extended scanning sessions — our findings are reassuring: with proper hearing protection, even repeated, long-duration fMRI protocols like CNeuroMod can be conducted safely. 8/🧵
April 21, 2025 at 7:20 PM
🎧 While pure tone audiometry is a cognitively demanding test — especially following extended scanning sessions — our findings are reassuring: with proper hearing protection, even repeated, long-duration fMRI protocols like CNeuroMod can be conducted safely. 8/🧵
There are multiple avenues to fund this type of 🧠 observatory- in this case it was the Courtois private foundation. CNeuroMod also worked with other similar initiatives, such as the individual brain charting project. This enabled both sharing of resources and replication. 10/🧵
November 17, 2024 at 6:59 PM
There are multiple avenues to fund this type of 🧠 observatory- in this case it was the Courtois private foundation. CNeuroMod also worked with other similar initiatives, such as the individual brain charting project. This enabled both sharing of resources and replication. 10/🧵
The Algonauts Challenge submission is over: > 60 teams participated! To be considered in the winners selection process, please post your report/code by July 25th. We will announce the winners on August 5th!
#NeuroAI #CompNeuro #neuroscience #AI #CCN2025 #hessianAI #CNeuroMod
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July 13, 2025 at 8:31 AM
The Algonauts Challenge submission is over: > 60 teams participated! To be considered in the winners selection process, please post your report/code by July 25th. We will announce the winners on August 5th!
#NeuroAI #CompNeuro #neuroscience #AI #CCN2025 #hessianAI #CNeuroMod
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#NeuroAI #CompNeuro #neuroscience #AI #CCN2025 #hessianAI #CNeuroMod
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(1/3) The Algonauts session at CCN has concluded: thank you to all who participated! The session recording will soon be available on the YouTube CCN page.
#algonauts2025 #NeuroAI #CompNeuro #neuroscience #AI #CCN2025 #hessianAI #CNeuroMod #FUBerlin #GoetheUni
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September 22, 2025 at 2:37 PM
(1/3) The Algonauts session at CCN has concluded: thank you to all who participated! The session recording will soon be available on the YouTube CCN page.
#algonauts2025 #NeuroAI #CompNeuro #neuroscience #AI #CCN2025 #hessianAI #CNeuroMod #FUBerlin #GoetheUni
#algonauts2025 #NeuroAI #CompNeuro #neuroscience #AI #CCN2025 #hessianAI #CNeuroMod #FUBerlin #GoetheUni
Will you be at #SNL2023 in Marseille next week? Don’t miss the chance to chat with us about language, semantics, form, meaning & everything in between! Here comes the posters' 🧵
October 21, 2023 at 12:47 PM
Will you be at #SNL2023 in Marseille next week? Don’t miss the chance to chat with us about language, semantics, form, meaning & everything in between! Here comes the posters' 🧵
St-Laurent, Pinsard, Contier, DuPre, Seeliger, Borghesani, Boyle, Bellec, Hebart: CNeuroMod-THINGS, a densely-sampled fMRI dataset for visual neuroscience https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.09024 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2507.09024 https://arxiv.org/html/2507.09024
July 15, 2025 at 6:50 AM
St-Laurent, Pinsard, Contier, DuPre, Seeliger, Borghesani, Boyle, Bellec, Hebart: CNeuroMod-THINGS, a densely-sampled fMRI dataset for visual neuroscience https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.09024 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2507.09024 https://arxiv.org/html/2507.09024
(2/4) The challenge is based on data from CNeuroMod, and aims at promoting a new generation of brain encoding models that are multimodal and that generalize well beyond their training distribution.
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January 6, 2025 at 10:08 AM
(2/4) The challenge is based on data from CNeuroMod, and aims at promoting a new generation of brain encoding models that are multimodal and that generalize well beyond their training distribution.
#CNeuroMod
www.cneuromod.ca
#CNeuroMod
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🧠📊 Just out: a deeply sample structural brain and spine dataset from the cneuromod.ca team, now published in Imaging Neuroscience! led by Mathieu Boudreau and Julien Cohen-Adad. 📰 Paper here: lnkd.in/ewXA3dED 1/🧵
April 1, 2025 at 2:55 PM
🧠📊 Just out: a deeply sample structural brain and spine dataset from the cneuromod.ca team, now published in Imaging Neuroscience! led by Mathieu Boudreau and Julien Cohen-Adad. 📰 Paper here: lnkd.in/ewXA3dED 1/🧵
(1/2) The Algonauts Project 2025 challenge results are out! 1st: sdascoli; 2nd: NCG; 3rd: SDA. Congratulations! Join the Algonauts session at CCN to know how they did it.
#algonauts2025 #NeuroAI #CompNeuro #neuroscience #AI #CCN2025 #hessianAI #CNeuroMod #FUBerlin #GoetheUni
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August 5, 2025 at 1:40 PM
(1/2) The Algonauts Project 2025 challenge results are out! 1st: sdascoli; 2nd: NCG; 3rd: SDA. Congratulations! Join the Algonauts session at CCN to know how they did it.
#algonauts2025 #NeuroAI #CompNeuro #neuroscience #AI #CCN2025 #hessianAI #CNeuroMod #FUBerlin #GoetheUni
2025.ccneuro.org
#algonauts2025 #NeuroAI #CompNeuro #neuroscience #AI #CCN2025 #hessianAI #CNeuroMod #FUBerlin #GoetheUni
2025.ccneuro.org
New CNeuroMod-THINGS open-access fMRI dataset: 4 participants · ~4 000 images (720 categories) each shown 3× (12k trials per subject)· individual functional localizers & NSD-inspired QC . Preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2507.09024 Congrats Marie St-Laurent and @martinhebart.bsky.social !!
July 30, 2025 at 1:57 AM
New CNeuroMod-THINGS open-access fMRI dataset: 4 participants · ~4 000 images (720 categories) each shown 3× (12k trials per subject)· individual functional localizers & NSD-inspired QC . Preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2507.09024 Congrats Marie St-Laurent and @martinhebart.bsky.social !!
In particular, the cneuromod team made a series of contributions to phys2bids, neurokit (both for physiological signals), pupil (for MR eye tracking), fmriprep and nilearn (for fMRI processing), and we're now working with an existing org for our first open competition (big announcement to come) 3/🧵
November 20, 2024 at 2:58 PM
In particular, the cneuromod team made a series of contributions to phys2bids, neurokit (both for physiological signals), pupil (for MR eye tracking), fmriprep and nilearn (for fMRI processing), and we're now working with an existing org for our first open competition (big announcement to come) 3/🧵
Pair it with ∼75 h of video-watching fMRI per subject used in the 2025 @algonautsproject.bsky.social competition for a one-two controlled-naturalistic punch in modelling individual human vision. Huge thanks: THINGS Initiative, Courtois Foundation, our dedicated participants, and the CNeuroMod crew.
July 30, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Pair it with ∼75 h of video-watching fMRI per subject used in the 2025 @algonautsproject.bsky.social competition for a one-two controlled-naturalistic punch in modelling individual human vision. Huge thanks: THINGS Initiative, Courtois Foundation, our dedicated participants, and the CNeuroMod crew.
The Algonauts Project 2025 Challenge is on! This year, it focuses on building encoding models that explain human brain responses during movie viewing (based on the incredible CNeuroMod dataset)! Very cool project!! youtu.be/KvLDpsIO2eg
January 6, 2025 at 12:38 PM
The Algonauts Project 2025 Challenge is on! This year, it focuses on building encoding models that explain human brain responses during movie viewing (based on the incredible CNeuroMod dataset)! Very cool project!! youtu.be/KvLDpsIO2eg
Take a look at the CNeuroMod project: www.cneuromod.ca
A group of researchers in Montreal led by Pierre Bellec (with collaborators around the world) have been running several naturalistic paradigms inside fMRI, including playing video games and tracking them from novice to expert levels.
A group of researchers in Montreal led by Pierre Bellec (with collaborators around the world) have been running several naturalistic paradigms inside fMRI, including playing video games and tracking them from novice to expert levels.
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August 25, 2024 at 11:27 PM
Take a look at the CNeuroMod project: www.cneuromod.ca
A group of researchers in Montreal led by Pierre Bellec (with collaborators around the world) have been running several naturalistic paradigms inside fMRI, including playing video games and tracking them from novice to expert levels.
A group of researchers in Montreal led by Pierre Bellec (with collaborators around the world) have been running several naturalistic paradigms inside fMRI, including playing video games and tracking them from novice to expert levels.
I forgot a key point in that thread on brain observatory! Jonny (the good kind) caught it on mastodon (but I don't think they are on bsky). So this is a followup mini-thread: Open and shared infrastructure is central to make brain observatories scalable! A short case study on cneuromod. 1/🧵
Some thoughts on scaling up "brain observatory", as prompted by @patrickmineault.bsky.social . First, what's that? 3 key ingredients: 🔍 the 🧠 (easy); a large piece of equipment that requires substantial investment (consortia); and, runs experiments for a community. 🧵1/
November 20, 2024 at 2:56 PM
I forgot a key point in that thread on brain observatory! Jonny (the good kind) caught it on mastodon (but I don't think they are on bsky). So this is a followup mini-thread: Open and shared infrastructure is central to make brain observatories scalable! A short case study on cneuromod. 1/🧵
#CNeuroMod: #OpenSource design of a reproducible #videogame #controller for #MRI & #MEG:
-uses #3Dprinted parts
-#Teensy 3.5 #microcontroller
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
#DIYbio #lab #instruments #neuroimaging #magnetoencephalography #medicine #fMRI #Arduino #Nintendo
-uses #3Dprinted parts
-#Teensy 3.5 #microcontroller
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
#DIYbio #lab #instruments #neuroimaging #magnetoencephalography #medicine #fMRI #Arduino #Nintendo
September 4, 2024 at 5:24 PM
#CNeuroMod: #OpenSource design of a reproducible #videogame #controller for #MRI & #MEG:
-uses #3Dprinted parts
-#Teensy 3.5 #microcontroller
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
#DIYbio #lab #instruments #neuroimaging #magnetoencephalography #medicine #fMRI #Arduino #Nintendo
-uses #3Dprinted parts
-#Teensy 3.5 #microcontroller
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
#DIYbio #lab #instruments #neuroimaging #magnetoencephalography #medicine #fMRI #Arduino #Nintendo